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2 Samuel 23:18
“And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H52 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abishai, an Israelite
- Derivation
- or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ; from H1 (אָב) and H7862 (שַׁי); father of a gift (i.e. probably generous);
- KJV renderings
- Abishai.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲבִישַׁ֞י — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 26:61 Samuel 26:61 Samuel 26:71 Samuel 26:81 Samuel 26:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲבִישַׁי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.